Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Best song of the day: Camera Obscura, “French Navy”


I'm mostly just shocked that the first time I heard this song was over the piped-in sound system in the suburban mall where I work now. Technically it's not the radio, but who cares, because do you think the radio would ever play this song?

Last year I worked in a drug store and the chain had its own piped in "radio" playlist. It had many advantages to radio, but just as many disadvantages: Spoon's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga and Feist were in their rotation, but so was Colbie Caillat. Also, more songs and more diversity means less certainty that you'll hear what you want, but then again it also means you don't have to hear "Don't Trust Me" 4 times in a 7-hour period.